Elizabeth Holtzman

Elizabeth Holtzman (born August 11, 1941) is an American lawyer and politician. She was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 16th congressional district as a member of the Democratic Party from 1973 to 1981. She also was District Attorney of Kings County from 1982 to 1989, and as the 40th Comptroller of New York City from 1990 to 1993.

Holtzman was seen as a possible candidate to replace Andrew Cuomo as Attorney General of New York in the 2010 election and in the special election to replace Anthony Weiner as the representative from New York's 9th congressional district. 

In June 2022, she announced she would run for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Representative for New York's 10th congressional district in the 2022 election. She lost the Democratic nomination in the August 2022 primaries.

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